Sortof morbidly funny story that I always think of related to that horse in the road:
About a week earlier, I had a plumber here who was really strange in a lot of ways, but the most memorable was that when he was all done and walking out to his truck, he gazed out at the horses and said "Do you ever know anyone who has a horse die?" or something equally odd like that. While I blinked at him, he said "Because I have a couple cats and I am always looking for sources of meat". I said "You must have a lot of cats!" He said "I have two tigers". I stood ~blinking~. He said "I usually buy whole turkeys and outdated meat from stores, and the county will call me to road kill deer, but I got a dead horse once and it was great." I said "Well, my old horse there will die someday, and disposal of any kind is something to consider, but it never occurred to me to feed him to a tiger". He said "Well, keep it in mind" he said." I said that if Bay was ever put down, he'd be one of the things I thought of, at which time he said he would want him only if he died naturally or was shot.... not if he'd been put down with drugs. I said "After more than twenty years of service, this horse is not going to be shot with a gun under any circumstance, but rather put down with nice pleasant drugs, if need be." As a courtesy, I said I'd keep him in mind if one of my horses happened to die of natural causes.
Well, about a week later, I am in a car headed down the road and see this neighbor's loose horse running down the street. My first thought was "Tiger Food".
;~D
Becky and Cindy may have heard my story above before, it's one I like to tell, but I don't think beaker has. ;~D
Time to get ready.... my Dad is coming down today to help cut and frame new stall doors! :~D
Ya'll are crackin' me up today. Actually, what that guy is suggesting is a cheap way to get rid of a horse body. Having one buried can be very expensive. One hit by a car would be a real find for a tiger owner, it's already tenderized. Sorry, that was bad.
I would never have a horse shot because it's just too violent for my tastes but for the horse, I think it's an easier way for it to go. I've seen 2 horses put to sleep and I thought it would be easy, they would just drift off to heaven. No such luck, they both fought it, kicking and writhing on the ground. It was a nightmare. Somebody else told me they had seen a horse shot in the head and the horse drops immediately, no fighting.
ROFL. Keep in mind that I read that while sitting in a dead quiet library. Oh the nasty looks I'm getting right now. But that story is worth it! So what kind of tigers does he have? I love large cats.
I've never heard that story. Wow, guess it takes all kinds:) Since I couldn't bury one, maybe I should try to find someone around here with tigers.
Becky